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Douglas, (Angela Elizabeth),. The animal microbiome / Angela E. Douglas. — 1 online resource (pages.) — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1631292.pdf>.

Record create date: 3/12/2018

Subject: Microbiology.; Microbiota.; Microbial Interactions.; Biological Phenomena.; Animals.; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: Animals in a Microbial World
    • 1.1. What Is An Animal?
    • 1.2. Terminology: Dismantling the Tower of Babel
    • 1.3. The Microbiology of Animals
    • 1.4. Scope of this Book
  • 2 The Ancient Roots of the Animal Microbiomes
    • 2.1. Introduction
    • 2.2. The Social Life of Bacteria
    • 2.3. The Multiorganismal Origins of Eukaryotes
    • 2.4. The Ubiquity of Microbial Associations in Eukaryotes
    • 2.5. The Animal Condition
    • 2.6. Summary
  • 3 The Microbiome and Human Health
    • 3.1. Introduction
    • 3.2. The Biogeography of the Human Microbiome
    • 3.3. How to Study Microbiota Effects on Human Health
    • 3.4. The Microbiota and Human Disease
    • 3.5. The Mass Extinction Event Within?
    • 3.6. Summary
  • 4 Defining the Rules of Engagement: The Microbiome and the Animal Immune System
    • 4.1. Introduction
    • 4.2. Immune Effectors and the Regulation of the Microbiota
    • 4.3. The Effects of the Microbiota on Animal Immune Function
    • 4.4. Symbiont-Mediated Protection: Microbiota as the Second Immune System
    • 4.5. Summary
  • 5 Microbial Drivers of Animal Behavior
    • 5.1. Introduction
    • 5.2. Microbes and Animal Feeding Behavior
    • 5.3. Microbial Arbiters of Mental Well-Being
    • 5.4. Microbes and Animal Communication
    • 5.5. Summary
  • 6 The Inner Ecosystem of Animals
    • 6.1. Introduction
    • 6.2. The Abundance and Distribution of Animal-Associated Microorganisms
    • 6.3. Ecological Processes Shaping Microbial Communities in Animals
    • 6.4. Functions of the Inner Ecosystem
    • 6.5. Summary
  • 7 Evolutionary Processes and Consequences
    • 7.1. Introduction
    • 7.2. Costs and Benefits
    • 7.3. Evolutionary Specialization and Its Consequences
    • 7.4. Symbiosis as the Evolutionary Engine of Diversification
    • 7.5. Summary
  • 8 The Animal Reimagined
    • 8.1. Introduction
    • 8.2. The Scope of the Animal
    • 8.3. The Determinants of Animal Phenotype
    • 8.4. The Animal in the Anthropocene
  • References
  • Index

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